The Kingsley School Explained

Kingsley School
Coordinates:52.2942°N -1.5377°W
Motto:Esse quam videre (be what you seem to be)
Established:1884
Type:Other Independent School
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Sarah Howling
Founder:Rose Kingsley
Address:Beauchamp Hall, Beauchamp Avenue
City:Leamington Spa
County:Warwickshire
Country:England
Postcode:CV32 5RD
Local Authority:Warwickshire
Urn:125775
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:18
Colours: Blue
Publication:1884 Magazine
Website:http://www.thekingsleyschool.co.uk

The Kingsley School is an independent girls' day school situated in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, just to the north of the town centre. It educates girls from 3 to 18; the co-educational Preparatory School also takes boys up to the age of 11.[1] From September 2025 it will begin its transition to become fully co-educational.

The senior school occupies an adapted and extended Victorian manor house. On the opposite side of the road the Junior School can be found. The nearby sixth form centre is self-contained, although retains the friendly atmosphere of the main school. The playing fields occupy a site on the outskirts of the town. It was founded as a Church of England school, and now welcomes pupils of all faiths and of none.[2]

History

The school was founded as Leamington High School as a girls' school in 1884 by Rose Kingsley, daughter of the writers Frances and Charles Kingsley.[3] The founding Girls' Public Day School Company head was Florence Gadesden who was a graduate of Girton College. She moved on after two years leaving the school well established.[4]

The school moved to its present site in 1922, and took its present name in 1949.[5]

Headteachers

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prospectus.
  2. Web site: The Kingsley School. 2021-02-03. Girls' Schools Association. en-GB.
  3. Web site: White Star Lines–Titanic Connections at the ABL–Rose Kingsley and the S S Shannon Armstrong Browning Library & Museum . 2023-07-06 . blogs.baylor.edu.
  4. Sondheimer . Janet . Gadesden [Gadsden], Florence Marie Armroid (1853–1934), headmistress ]. 2004-09-23 . 1 . en . 10.1093/ref:odnb/48569. 978-0-19-861412-8 .
  5. Web site: History: The Kingsley School. 2021-02-03. en-GB.
  6. https://www.thekingsleyschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Kingsley-School-Heritage-Leaflet-Web.pdf School leaflet about heritage
  7. Web site: New Headteacher at The Kingsley School – Dr Sarah Howling. 13 December 2023. The Kingsley School. 12 January 2024.